Orlando Fringe review: 'I Married a Nun'

For a show with a ukulele in the mix, “I Married a Nun” is an intensely bittersweet look at love, aging and the grim reality of being alone.

The one-woman show is the brainchild of 77-year-old cabaret performer D’yan Forest, who recounts her lifelong search for love and life’s meaning in well-acted vignettes that conjure smiles, but more often mine darker emotions.

Indeed, Forest impressively turns back the clock with her entrance, swiveling her hips to Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade” and recounting the young love of her first marriage. When that union dissolved, it opened the door for Forest’s long-term romantic relationship with the title character.